Social Skills Job Trends in Wokingham

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Wokingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - 1
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 7 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Wokingham 11.86% - 34.78%
As % of the General category 38.89% - 61.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £31,700 - £48,299
25th Percentile £32,375 - £49,498
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.82%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £65,000
90th Percentile - - £78,500
Berkshire median annual salary £40,500 £51,250 £52,000
% change year-on-year -20.98% -1.44% +4.00%

All General Skills
Wokingham

Social Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Wokingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 18 21 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wokingham 30.51% 48.84% 56.52%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 9
10th Percentile £34,175 £52,500 £46,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £60,000 £49,498
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £77,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.10% +29.17% -
75th Percentile £65,938 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £69,625 £106,500 £122,500
Berkshire median annual salary £49,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.33% +14.29% -4.55%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wokingham.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Wokingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Postman
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
1 1 (14.29%) SoapUI
1 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Sales Executive
2 1 (14.29%) Telesales Executive
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (42.86%) Test Management
3 2 (28.57%) Agile Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Resilience Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Time Management
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
1 3 (42.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
1 2 (28.57%) Workday
2 1 (14.29%) Google